Is this teaching biblical?
Howard-Browne explicitly states he prefers demonic and fleshly manifestations over orderly worship — and that people should 'rejoice' when the devil manifests. This is a direct contradiction of Scripture, which commands believers to test every spirit, resist the devil, and maintain order in worship. No apostle ever celebrated demonic activity in the church. Paul cast demons out; he didn't welcome them in.
What did Rodney Howard-Browne say?
"I'd rather be in a church where the devil and the flesh are manifesting than in a church where nothing is happening because people are too afraid to manifest anything. And if the devil manifests, don't worry about that, either. Rejoice, because at least something is happening."
Speaker: Rodney Howard-Browne
Source: The Coming Revival (1991), p. 6
What does Scripture actually teach?
1 John 4:1
"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world."
— NKJV
John commands believers to test every spirit — the opposite of what Howard-Browne teaches. He says 'don't worry' when the devil manifests and 'rejoice.' John says do not believe every spirit. Howard-Browne says accept them all because 'at least something is happening.' This is the abandonment of biblical discernment.
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
"Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil."
— NKJV
Paul commands testing all things and abstaining from every form of evil. Howard-Browne says to welcome the devil manifesting and 'rejoice' about it. These positions are mutually exclusive. You cannot both abstain from evil and celebrate when the devil shows up in your church.
James 4:7
"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."
— NKJV
James says resist the devil. Howard-Browne says welcome him — because 'at least something is happening.' The biblical response to demonic presence is resistance and authority, not celebration and rejoicing. Howard-Browne's theology reveals a ministry more concerned with spectacle than with holiness.
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